Buying Money Orders at Walmart (2024 onwards)
Jan 3, 2024, 12:48 pm
#47
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: TYS/BNA/ATL
Programs: UR, TYP, MR, C1, AA, UA, WN, BA, AS, AV, AC, Choice, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton, Wyndham, Marriott
Posts: 1,980
Check your transaction history of the failed card. Does it show only the initial load or does it show the WM drain and refund as well?. If it is the former, try a normal organic purchase at another store. If that doesn't work, then your card might be dud. That was the case for me.
Also, was it a 2032 or 2031 exp?.
Also, was it a 2032 or 2031 exp?.
Jan 3, 2024, 1:07 pm
#48
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 198
You can call and have them release the block. Once released you can try next day. It worked for me for the SS card when the issue started happening. Also for now, i am going to stay away from 2031 and earlier exp cards and SS cards to narrow the issue.
Jan 3, 2024, 1:12 pm
#49
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 71
Jan 3, 2024, 2:29 pm
#50
Join Date: Dec 2023
Posts: 29
Good fortune could be location specific for the being. I remember it was several weeks of people reporting DPs on USBs not working…meanwhile it was BAU for me with over 4 $500 cards a week. Then suddenly I joined the decline party. I just hope these incomms aren’t going down the same path because s.o.l. with no other alternatives
Jan 3, 2024, 5:32 pm
#51
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 198
Do you guys think this has something to do with the City Attorney of SFO law suit against incomm for having lax security features and susceptible to fraud?. The whole issue started after the lawsuit was announced on 11/20. Wondering if incomm tightened the security level on these cards as a result.
Jan 3, 2024, 5:37 pm
#52
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: TYS/BNA/ATL
Programs: UR, TYP, MR, C1, AA, UA, WN, BA, AS, AV, AC, Choice, Hyatt, IHG, Hilton, Wyndham, Marriott
Posts: 1,980
I called and released the block. My cards are with 12/30 and 05/32 expiry dates.
Jan 3, 2024, 5:44 pm
#53
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 198
Update 1/3/24: Just tried a 2032 exp date vanilla today with normal grocery store spend- one of the card failed (not authorized) and other worked. Tried the failed card in CVS for normal spend- same not authorized failure. When checked online and phone for the failed card- says active with full balance and history is just the initial load.
Me thinks from now on until BAU- going to use the cards for $1-2 in regular spend to test and then do the wM drain. That way, i am not wasting time at wM and the CS having to call someone to void the whole tx. In no time, these multiple fails in wM can screw up the relationship build over the years.
Me thinks from now on until BAU- going to use the cards for $1-2 in regular spend to test and then do the wM drain. That way, i am not wasting time at wM and the CS having to call someone to void the whole tx. In no time, these multiple fails in wM can screw up the relationship build over the years.
Jan 3, 2024, 5:44 pm
#54
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 71
Good fortune could be location specific for the being. I remember it was several weeks of people reporting DPs on USBs not working…meanwhile it was BAU for me with over 4 $500 cards a week. Then suddenly I joined the decline party. I just hope these incomms aren’t going down the same path because s.o.l. with no other alternatives
But on the Vanillas/SS, two weeks ago there was a sudden glut of declines reported, with just a handful of successful swipes. Now it seems flipped; just a handful of issues being reported with the majority of swipes now being successful. We're certainly not out of the woods yet but at least the DPs are trending in a positive direction.
Jan 3, 2024, 6:19 pm
#55
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 2,951
I tried to repeat my success from last evening. I purchased one $999 MO at WM with two $500 Vanilla Incomm/Sutton swipes of new cards that I purchased at CVS about two hours prior to going to WM. The transaction went through. I then tried to load $1,000 to my Discover account with two swipes. The very first swipe failed. I tried another card and that too failed (debit not available for both cards). I then went to a grocery store, held my breath, and was able to purchase two MO's in two separate transactions with the same cards.
I also received one of the three replacement cards I called about last week. I'm not sure why the other two didn't show up today, as I requested replacements for all three on the same phone call. I suppose they will arrive tomorrow. I'll give the replacement card(s) a try tomorrow.
I'm just not sure why the third Vanilla failed this evening, but not last evening. I used the same expiration date of Vanillas that I purchased yesterday. Might it have something to do with the $1K transaction followed by another $1K transaction versus a $1K transaction followed by a $500 transaction? I'll try the $1K/$500 again tomorrow to test this theory.
I also received one of the three replacement cards I called about last week. I'm not sure why the other two didn't show up today, as I requested replacements for all three on the same phone call. I suppose they will arrive tomorrow. I'll give the replacement card(s) a try tomorrow.
I'm just not sure why the third Vanilla failed this evening, but not last evening. I used the same expiration date of Vanillas that I purchased yesterday. Might it have something to do with the $1K transaction followed by another $1K transaction versus a $1K transaction followed by a $500 transaction? I'll try the $1K/$500 again tomorrow to test this theory.
Jan 3, 2024, 6:51 pm
#56
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 684
I tried to repeat my success from last evening. I purchased one $999 MO at WM with two $500 Vanilla Incomm/Sutton swipes of new cards that I purchased at CVS about two hours prior to going to WM. The transaction went through. I then tried to load $1,000 to my Discover account with two swipes. The very first swipe failed. I tried another card and that too failed (debit not available for both cards). I then went to a grocery store, held my breath, and was able to purchase two MO's in two separate transactions with the same cards.
I also received one of the three replacement cards I called about last week. I'm not sure why the other two didn't show up today, as I requested replacements for all three on the same phone call. I suppose they will arrive tomorrow. I'll give the replacement card(s) a try tomorrow.
I'm just not sure why the third Vanilla failed this evening, but not last evening. I used the same expiration date of Vanillas that I purchased yesterday. Might it have something to do with the $1K transaction followed by another $1K transaction versus a $1K transaction followed by a $500 transaction? I'll try the $1K/$500 again tomorrow to test this theory.
I also received one of the three replacement cards I called about last week. I'm not sure why the other two didn't show up today, as I requested replacements for all three on the same phone call. I suppose they will arrive tomorrow. I'll give the replacement card(s) a try tomorrow.
I'm just not sure why the third Vanilla failed this evening, but not last evening. I used the same expiration date of Vanillas that I purchased yesterday. Might it have something to do with the $1K transaction followed by another $1K transaction versus a $1K transaction followed by a $500 transaction? I'll try the $1K/$500 again tomorrow to test this theory.
, came back in 5 mins or so, to continue my MO, two $500 swipe, no issue.
Jan 3, 2024, 8:42 pm
#57
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,756
Jan 4, 2024, 3:17 am
#58
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Posts: 1,929